NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Fort Worth, Texas: Texas AAA 500 at a glance
Distance: 334 laps, or 501 miles.
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile asphalt quad-oval in Fort Worth, Texas.
When: 2 p.m., Sunday.
TV: NBC.
Radio: Performance Racing Network.
Last year’s winner: Jimmie Johnson.
Also this week: O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Xfinity Series, Texas Motor Speedway, 3:30 p.m., Saturday, NBC. WinStar 350, Truck Series, Texas Motor Speedway, 8:30 p.m., Friday, Fox Sports 1.
Worth mentioning: Second race of Chase’s third round. ... Jeff Gordon locked into the championship round with his victory at Martinsville.
Who’s Hot/ Who’s Not
Hot
Jeff Gordon: Has the luxury of spending the next two races preparing for the grand finale at Homestead, where he will race for fifth championship.
Non-Chasers: Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. all did better at Martinsville (finishing second through fourth) than seven Chase drivers.
Matt Crafton: Truck victory at Martinsville pushes him back into title contention, trailing leader Erik Jones by 10 points.
Not
Matt Kenseth: Tactics of wrecking Joey Logano at Martinsville, while not unexpected, were questionable, since Kenseth wasn’t in position to win.
Joey Logano: He was fast again at Martinsville, now needs to prove it again at Texas and Phoenix.
Kurt Busch: After saying he’d need a new steering box, recovered to have competitive car at Martinsville. Then he was hit by Kenseth during a restart on Lap 435 and finished 35th.
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Points standings
Sprint Cup
1. Jeff Gordon | 4,047 |
2. Kyle Busch | 4,039 |
3. Martin Truex Jr. | 4,039 |
4. Kevin Harvick | 4,037 |
5. Carl Edwards | 4,030 |
6. Brad Keselowski | 4,013 |
7. Kurt Busch | 4,011 |
8. Joey Logano | 4,009 |
9. Denny Hamlin | 2,251 |
10. Ryan Newman | 2,231 |
11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2,221 |
12. Jamie McMurray | 2,201 |
13. Matt Kenseth | 2,197 |
14. Jimmie Johnson | 2,193 |
15. Paul Menard | 2,177 |
16. Clint Bowyer | 2,124 |
17. Aric Almirola | 877 |
18. Kasey Kahne | 872 |
19. Kyle Larson | 802 |
20. Greg Biffle | 796 |
21. Austin Dillon | 745 |
22. Casey Mears | 712 |
23. AJ Allmendinger | 687 |
24. Danica Patrick | 665 |
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 664 |
26. Tony Stewart | 661 |
27. Sam Hornish Jr. | 657 |
28. David Ragan | 636 |
29. Trevor Bayne | 614 |
30. Justin Allgaier | 537 |
Xfinity
1. Chris Buescher | 1,093 |
2. Chase Elliott | 1,066 |
3. Regan Smith | 1,060 |
4. Ty Dillon | 1,057 |
5. Darrell Wallace Jr. | 976 |
6. Elliott Sadler | 974 |
7. Daniel Suarez | 962 |
8. Brendan Gaughan | 927 |
9. Brian Scott | 922 |
10. Ryan Reed | 825 |
11. Jeremy Clements | 738 |
12. Ryan Sieg | 737 |
13. J.J. Yeley | 732 |
14. Dakoda Armstrong | 721 |
15. Ross Chastain | 707 |
16. David Starr | 652 |
17. Blake Koch | 573 |
18. Landon Cassill | 572 |
19. Cale Conley | 561 |
20. Eric McClure | 516 |
Trucks
1. Erik Jones | 776 |
2. Matt Crafton | 766 |
3. Tyler Reddick | 763 |
4. Johnny Sauter | 722 |
5. Timothy Peters | 680 |
6. Cameron Hayley | 663 |
7. Daniel Hemric | 644 |
8. John Wes Townley | 627 |
9. Ben Kennedy | 595 |
10. Spencer Gallagher | 574 |
11. Ray Black Jr. | 560 |
12. Tyler Young | 552 |
13. John Hunter Nemechek | 511 |
14. Mason Mingus | 443 |
15. Brandon Jones | 420 |
16. Jennifer Jo Cobb | 413 |
17. Korbin Forrister | 410 |
18. Travis Kvapil | 407 |
19. Norm Benning | 348 |
20. Jordan Anderson | 326 |
This story was originally published November 5, 2015 at 4:17 PM with the headline "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Fort Worth, Texas: Texas AAA 500 at a glance."